Dancing On The Ceiling

TEXT: Rodgers and Hart - improvised piano solo
TEXT: [email protected]
MARKER: Contrary line descends against ascending melody
MARKER: In run, LH plays Bb, RH plays E triad
MARKER: On turnaround Eb7#9
MARKER: Ab13
MARKER: Db7#11
MARKER: More left hand/ right hand contrary motion
MARKER: Deliberate discord - staccato - no sustain pedal down
MARKER: On Dm chord, LH plays chromatically descending notes from 9th
MARKER: Chord rolled downwards instead of up
MARKER: Melodic phrase passes between the two hands
MARKER: In tempo
MARKER: Descending diminished scale
MARKER: G pedal tone in bass
MARKER: On Em7b5 and A7b9 a diminished scale
MARKER: 'Turn' on the note G - with neighbors
MARKER: On the C7+, triads step up in whole tones
MARKER: AbMaj7
MARKER: Ab pentatonic scale
MARKER: C maj7 - lydian sound (with F# )
  • Path: Disklavier Jazz 1/054-Dancing On The Ceiling.mid
  • Size: 10 KB
  • Updated: January 31, 2026

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